If you lose a game or prize you've earned, remember the winnershistory forgets. Remember them if you do win. Enjoy success. Have kids if you want and can afford them,but don't make them your reason-to-be. Spare them thatmisery. Take them to the beach.

Mail order sea monkeys once in your life. Give someone the full-onass-kicking he (or she) has earned. Keep a box turtlein good heath for twenty years. If you get sick, don't thriveon suffering. There's nothing noble about pain. Dieif you need to, the best way you can. (You define best.)

Go to church if it helps you. Grow tomatoes to put store-bought in perspective. Listen to Elvis and Bach. Unlessyou're tone deaf, own Perlman's "Meditation from Thais."Don't look for hidden meanings in a cardinal's song.Don't think TV characters talk to you; that's crazy.

Don't be too sane. Work hard. Loaf easily. Have goodfriends, and be good to them. Be immoderatein moderation. Spend little time anesthetized. Divethe Great Barrier Reef. Don't touch the coral. Watchfor sea snakes. Smile for the camera. Don't say "Cheese."